A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Fishhook in Alaska on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/03/25 / 2025-03-07 19:39:57 / March 7, 2025 @ 7:39 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -149.5515 West, latitude 61.8502 North, depth = 33 km. Unique identifier: ak02531h0meh. Ids that are associated to the event: ak02531h0meh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:39:57 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska.

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